These 38 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Drei Schwestern [selected]
By Simon Stone based on Anton Chekhov
Directed by Simon Stone
Theater Basel
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Based on Alfred Döblin
Directed by Sebastian Hartmann
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän (Man in the Holocene)
Base on Max Frisch
Directed by Thom Luz
Deutsches Theater / Theater Basel
Eternal Russia
Concept, Text and Direction by Marina Davydova & Vera Martynov
HAU Hebbel am Ufer / Theatre of Nations, Moskau /
Haus der Kulturen der Welt im Rahmen des Festivals
„Utopische Realitäten – 100 Jahre Gegenwart“
Empire
By Milo Rau / IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder
Directed by Milo Rau
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz / Zürcher Theater Spektakel / steirischer herbst festival, Graz
Professor Bernhardi
By Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Wallenstein
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Five Easy Pieces [selected]
By Milo Rau / IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder and CAMPO, Gent
Directed by Milo Rau
Sophiensaele, Berlin / Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels 2016 / Münchner Kammerspiele / La Bâtie – Festival de Genève / Kaserne Basel / Gessnerallee Zürich / Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) / SICK! Festival UK / Le phénix scène nationale Valenciennes pôle européen de création
Bekannte Gefühle, gemischte Gesichter (Familiar Feelings, Mixed Faces)
Possibly by Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock and ensemble
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Pfusch (Botch) [selected]
By Herbert Fritsch
Directed by Herbert Fritsch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Die Vernichtung (The Extermination) [selected]
By Ersan Mondtag and Olga Bach
Directed by Ersan Mondtag
Konzert Theater Bern
nicht schlafen (don’t sleep)
By Alain Platel, Steven Prengels, Berlinde De Bruyckere, les ballets C de la B
Directed by Alain Platel
Ruhrtriennale Jahrhunderthalle / La Bâtie-Festival de Genève / TorinoDanza / Biennale de Lyon / L’Opéra de Lille / Kampnagel Hamburg / MC93 – Maison de la Culture de la Seine-Saint-Denis / Holland Festival / Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele / NTGent
Mephisto
Based on Klaus Mann
Directed by Daniela Löffner
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Verbrechen und Strafe (Crime and Punishment)
Based on Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky
Directed by Jan Klata
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Nathan
Based on G.E. Lessing
with texts by Muslims from Bonn
Directed by Volker Lösch
Theater Bonn
Woyzeck
Based on Georg Büchner
Directed by Simon Solberg
Theater Bonn
Glaubenskämpfer
Search for religion between monastery, mosque and synagogue
By Nuran David Calis
Directed by Nuran David Calis
Schauspiel Köln
Iwanow
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Robert Borgmann
Schauspiel Köln
Die Borderline Prozession (The Borderline Procession) [ausgewählt]
Ein Loop um das, was uns trennt (A loop on what divides us)
By Kay Voges, Dirk Baumann and Alexander Kerlin
Directed by Kay Voges
Theater Dortmund
Real Magic [selected]
By Forced Entertainment
Conceived and directed by Forced Entertainment
Artistic director Tim Etchells
PACT Zollverein, Essen / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt / Tanzquartier Wien / ACCA Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex / Spalding Gray Consortium – On the Boards, Seattle / PS122 NYC / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Der alte Affe Angst
By Oskar Roehler
Directed by Ersan Mondtag
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Frequenzen (Frequencies)
By Clemens J. Setz
Directed by Alexander Eisenach
Schauspielhaus Graz
Die Wehleider (The plaintives)
By Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Stefanie Carp & ensemble based on motives from Maxim Gorky’s “Summerfolk”
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider on the White Horse) [ausgewählt]
By Theodor Storm
Directed by Johan Simons
Thalia Theater
Richard III.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Antú Romero Nunes
Thalia Theater
89/90 [selected]
By Peter Richter
Directed by Claudia Bauer
Schauspiel Leipzig
Traurige Zauberer (Sad Magicians) [ausgewählt]
Eine stumme Komödie mit Musik (A silent comedy with music)
By Thom Luz
Directed by Thom Luz
Staatstheater Mainz
Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Christopher Rüping
Münchner Kammerspiele
La Sonnambula
Based on the opera by Vincenco Bellini and Felice Romani
Directed by David Marton
Münchner Kammerspiele
Point of no Return
By Yael Ronen and ensemble
Directed by Yael Ronen
Münchner Kammerspiele
Wut
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Münchner Kammerspiele
Die Räuber (The Robbers) [ausgewählt]
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Ulrich Rasche
Residenztheater
Endspiel (Endgame)
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Dieter Dorn
Salzburger Festspiele / Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Lolita
A screenplay by Vladimir Nabokov
Directed by Christopher Rüping
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Tod eines Handlungsreisenden
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Robert Borgmann
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Cellar Door
A 504-hour-installation
By Thomas Bo Nilsson
Directed by Thomas Bo Nilsson, Jens Lassak, Julian Wolf Eicke
Schauspielhaus Wien
Imperium (Empire)
Based on Christian Kracht
Directed by Jan-Christoph Gockel
Schauspielhaus Wien
Wer hat Angst vor Hugo Wolf? (Who Is Afraid of Hugo Wolf)
An evening of songs by Herbert Fritsch
Directed by Herbert Fritsch
Schauspielhaus Zürich